Word: movements
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Furber, Jr., a young man yet under 20 years of age, is preparing to found a great university in Chicago, after that of Heidelberg. He will devote one million dollars as an inducement for other citizens to join in the movement.- Princetonian...
...Furber, jr., a young graduate of the late Chicago University, who is now studying in Berlin, is preparing to found a great university similar to that at Heidelberg in Chicago. He will devote $1,000,000 as an inducement for others to join in the movement...
...discovery of a new movement among the students has caused an indefinite postponement of the opening of the universities at Moscow...
...Howells and the Realistic Movement" seems like an attempt to hoist that author into the position of leading novelist of the nineteenth century. It is hard to judge in a case like this, because personal taste must play so important a part in our criticisms. But I cannot agree with Mr. Parker, though I admit that his arguments are strong ones, and seem to be founded upon a more thorough study of Mr. Howells and his works than is usual with a living author at the present day. As a result of careful consideration the article is well worth...
...agitation is the beginning of effort for a worthy and feasible end, and therefore must promote the best interests of the laboring classes. Strikes are a necessary evil. McNeil's Labor Movement...